Here at Battleship Memorial Park guests can walk the decks of a mighty battleship. Go below in a World War II submarine. View cockpits of combat aircraft, tanks, a Vietnam River Patrol Boat, and a plane like the one flown by the Tuskegee Airmen. Please support this year tradition of trusted historical writing and the volunteers that sustain it with a donation to American Heritage.
If you are still experiencing issues, please describe the problem below and we will be happy to assist you. News that the war ship would be scrapped inspired a battleship commission and statewide campaign through which the community funded the ship's voyage.
The ship also had to dodge two hurricanes before arriving at its new home. The ships were considered as being in the mothball fleet, which had been inactive for years. Henri Aldridge, then an attorney at International Paper Co. In she was decommissioned and put on reserve duty, and in was declared of no further use to the Navy.
John Tyson was flying in and out of Brookley Field in the Navy reserves prior to his time in the state Legislature and had frequently spoken with tower operator Jimmie Morris. Morris and others saw the article about the Battleship Alabama set to be scrapped. He made a few phone calls and all resolved to bring the Alabama to Mobile.
The battleship committee approached the then-Gov. John Patterson, and Patterson formed a feasibility committee to see what could be done. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
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Performance Performance. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. The Navy decommissioned her on July 9, , due to a Yellow Fever outbreak, but she was brought back into service on May 17, , as part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She supported the Union assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, before being relegated to dispatch and ordnance transfer duty.
She was decommissioned on July 14, She was powered by both sail and steam and could reach a speed of She carried a crew of men and officers and her armament consisted of six pound cannons, one pounder, and one pounder.
She served primarily in the West Indies but made a brief tour of the Mediterranean and sailed for a short time with the Great White Fleet. She was decommissioned on November 3, , and placed on the reserve rolls. On July 1, , she was recommissioned and served in the North Atlantic before being relegated to training duty.
On May 7, , she was decommissioned for the second time and used for target practice.
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